"Ah, a tunnel, an underground maze, I should have thought of that earlier."

Upon seeing the dark entrance leading underground, I couldn't help but remark.

Following the conversation just now, we followed Greed to a cemetery on the outskirts of the city. After entering a small house in the middle and prying open a wooden board on the ground, a passage appeared before us.

I couldn't help but wonder why there were so many underground passages even in the abyss. Could there be ancient relics or treasures from the Black Gold Age below?

"Could there be treasure down there?" Aliyah immediately asked.

"Come on, isn't safety more important than treasure? Aren't we here to complete a mission?"

"Shut up, Bai Yueguang. You're just obsessed with leveling up, as long as there are monsters down there, you're happy."

Bai Yueguang was embarrassed by this and looked at Taishi Xi.

Taishi Xi smiled.

"Who asked you to be so obvious usually? Whose fault is that?"

Taishi Xi looked up at the sky, ignoring Bai Yueguang.

"Alright, stop fooling around," I quickly interjected.

"Let's finish the mission quickly, time is running out."

"Okay, okay, our lovely Fir seems to have had enough fun in this body and can't wait to get back to her own body," Hei Luoli chuckled.

"Hey, you can eat messily, but don't talk recklessly," I stared at Hei Luoli and said.

"What do you mean had enough fun? I'm more worried about whether my body has been messed up by that guy."

"Arara, does anyone help you train your body?"

"Not at all!"

Then I looked at Greed.

"Is there any light source here? It looks very dark down here."

"Well..." Greed scratched his head.

"Most of us demons have night vision ability, so in this kind of place..."

"Do you mean we need the Oni... well, how tolerant are you to light magic?"

"Huh? As long as I'm not directly touched by it..."

"Then it's fine."

I snapped my fingers, and an illuminating orb appeared in the air.

Greed quickly took two steps back.

"Light... light magic?"

He looked at the orb, then back at me.

"Are you affiliated with the Human Church?"

"Not really, I just happen to know some people there. And for various reasons, I learned light magic."

"I see... well, normally, people who can use light magic are usually eradicated on sight. But since you're a friend of the Demon King, I suppose you're fine."

"I'm relieved to hear you say that."

I suddenly expressed concerns about the members of the church planning to sneak into the abyss. Well, if we blame anyone, it's them. They're the big shots but didn't invite us along. Whose fault is that?

"Alright, now that we're done fooling around, let's hurry up. We agreed to be quick, right?"

Aliyah, can't you stop ruining the mood?

——————poi——————

At the same time, on Earth

Church Headquarters

After an hour of negotiation, Yabber, who had established the general principles and specific actions, came out of the meeting room and saw her team members standing at the door, looking at her with worried eyes.

"What's wrong? Worried that the higher-ups won't let me go? They won't pass up such a good opportunity, no matter what. This is a great chance to weaken the demon clan; those old folks upstairs won't disagree."

"No, that's not the issue."

One of the saints said.

"Actually, we just received a message, it's from the academy."

"The academy?"

Yabber pondered.

"True, those guys will realize we've left once they wake up, it's okay, by the time they reach the church, we'll probably be at the Abyss, right?"

"No, no, no, those churches seem to be more complex than we imagined."

Another saint said.

"The personnel responsible for tracking just sent back a message saying they mysteriously disappeared inside the academy. The monitors at the academy exits didn't see any traces of them coming or going... which means they vanished instantly inside the academy."

"What?"

Yabber's face went pale.

"Damn, I should have known those guys are no pushovers... what about the crack inside the academy?"

"No signs of invasion, and the crack hasn't expanded."

"... What about the Eis Academy?"

"Even Princess Cher seems unaware of what happened, today's actions are as usual."

"... Good grief."

Yabber rested his chin on his hand, contemplating.

"Where did those guys go... according to the reports, there's no entrance to the Abyss."

"There are no signs of undead presence at the academy, but... there's one issue..."

"What is it, stuttering!"

"There seems to be signs of spatial teleportation, not using teleportation arrays, but high-level skills."

"Are you saying users of spatial magic? How is that possible! Even for the most advanced space mage, teleporting so many people is definitely not simple. And those guys are not the kind to casually help them..."

With that said, Yabber suddenly stopped.

"Well, no matter what, we need to speed up. Those fools going directly to the Abyss, what are they thinking! Are they tired of living! Who the hell helped them go down? Are they out of their minds?"

At the same time, in the Judgment Hall of Heaven and Hell, Ming Luoxin suddenly sneezed.

"Ming Luoxin, my lord."

Beside him, Youxin said.

"Quick, put on the shawl, or you'll catch a cold."

"No way, I haven't been sick since becoming a judge."

"Come on, be good~"

"Don't tease me, don't treat me like a child!"

Although Ming Luoxin said grumpily, he still accepted the shawl passed to him by Youxin.

"Sneeze!"

Unexpectedly, another sneeze.

"Alright, let's go back inside."

"What's going on today, really..."